Would like some help. Be gentle

Hello all. I want to preface this by saying that this is a very informative site, and from the few threads I've read, the community seems very helpful. I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some cologne. I know this must have been asked a billion times, but I'm completely new to this and I have no idea what I'm doing. The last time I wore cologne was in high school, and it was like cool water or something else very generic. I want to try to step into the world of fragrance.

Some basic information about me. I'm late twenties, and I live in Texas, so the weather is warm 80% of the year, and in the winter it doesn't get that cold where I'm from. I would like to start with more summery/fresh scents if that makes sense. I don't have an office job, so I don't really need a professional smelling cologne, but I'm willing to try some!

I found a site online that sells samples of colognes for ~4-5$ each. They even sell packs based on basenote award winners. I might try to get some of those. My budget is ~60 dollars for this experiment, so I think that can get me ~15 1ml samples of colognes.

Well, that was longer than I'd thought it would be. I am looking forward to any help that you guys can give me. I would also like to expand into scents for fall/colder weather later, but I'm starting with baby steps.

These are good ones to start, except for Live Jazz (for me). Can't get past the cilantro.

I would add Gucci Pour Homme II. Great for all seasons, and can be worn for anything. I would consider it MY most versatile fragrance next to YSL L'homme. I really like Creed Silver Mountain Water too. Overall, a very pleasant smelling fragrance.

I also think Versace Pour Homme and YSL Rive Gauche meet what you are looking for.

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Eau sauvage. It's a classic vetiver fragrance. Suitable for all age types, young to old. Very versatile, but sophisticated.
Bleu de chanel
YSL Libre
Acqua di Parma Colonia
+ what everyone else said haha

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Re: Would like some help. Be gentle

Originally Posted by johnbooboo

Hello all. I want to preface this by saying that this is a very informative site, and from the few threads I've read, the community seems very helpful. I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some cologne. I know this must have been asked a billion times, but I'm completely new to this and I have no idea what I'm doing. The last time I wore cologne was in high school, and it was like cool water or something else very generic. I want to try to step into the world of fragrance.

Some basic information about me. I'm late twenties, and I live in Texas, so the weather is warm 80% of the year, and in the winter it doesn't get that cold where I'm from. I would like to start with more summery/fresh scents if that makes sense. I don't have an office job, so I don't really need a professional smelling cologne, but I'm willing to try some!

I found a site online that sells samples of colognes for ~4-5$ each. They even sell packs based on basenote award winners. I might try to get some of those. My budget is ~60 dollars for this experiment, so I think that can get me ~15 1ml samples of colognes.

Well, that was longer than I'd thought it would be. I am looking forward to any help that you guys can give me. I would also like to expand into scents for fall/colder weather later, but I'm starting with baby steps.

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Originally Posted by LoPsOrange

What is the name of the website? It's nice to share.

Haha. Thanks again for all teh suggestions. The site i know is www.theperfumedcourt.com. They have a bunch of samples and stuff. They have groupings of basenote award winning finalists too. Hopefully I can get these samples for under 60$. Need to start smelling good.

Re: Would like some help. Be gentle

Originally Posted by johnbooboo

Haha. Thanks again for all teh suggestions. The site i know is www.theperfumedcourt.com. They have a bunch of samples and stuff. They have groupings of basenote award winning finalists too. Hopefully I can get these samples for under 60$. Need to start smelling good.

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Originally Posted by ben850

Save yourself some cash by trying a bunch of these fragrances out in a local department store.

Yep. Don't be shy about asking for samples. See what you like and research their compositions either here or on fragrantica so you get an idea of which notes you like and then you can make some better informed sample purchases of harder-to-find stuff.

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The Perfumed Court is good if you are into sampling niche or more expensive frags, if you are just going for designer, either go to your local Sephora or Macys' to sample or maybe try MyPerfumeSamples.com. You can get free shipping over $50 and they have a good variety of designer frags to start with. Also, you might want to go for a bigger sample than 1ml, maybe 2-5ml will give you a little longer of a test drive and a better "feel" for the scent. Just my 2 cents.

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Thanks all! I'll take all of your suggestions into consideration. I'm looking to do this online because I work Mon-Sat from 9-7pm so it's hard for me to take out time to go to a dept store and try on all these different scents. I prefer to do it online, but that's just me. Once again, thanks for your suggestions. Time to have some fun with all of this!